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the president was waiting for a call from boehner. boehner would not call him back. he said he was trying to work out a deal with the leaders. the next day, the president calls the congressional leaders to the white house and saturday morning, 11:00 a.m., the congressional leaders asked him to leave the meeting. the president said he was not going to stand on protocol as they tried to work a deal at the white house. it work for a while. harry reid backed away from the congressional deal and joined forces with the president. it is in the details that the decisions and the negotiations hung. host: lydia from illinois. go ahead. lydia, are you there? go ahead. caller: good morning. it was noted that reporters -- i think that's what you're doing. it is out there. newt gingrich devised the strategy of transforming the house as a way to drive the national agenda. it was outlined in a book in 2009 when newt gingrich was part of a group that met and devise a process to obstruct. mr. boehner was one of the key lieutenants. his following the process. i'm waiting for you. i wan
the president was waiting for a call from boehner. boehner would not call him back. he said he was trying to work out a deal with the leaders. the next day, the president calls the congressional leaders to the white house and saturday morning, 11:00 a.m., the congressional leaders asked him to leave the meeting. the president said he was not going to stand on protocol as they tried to work a deal at the white house. it work for a while. harry reid backed away from the congressional deal and...
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as john boehner said, lock arms and jumped out of the boat. the pressure from inside, even at his own leadership table -- john boehner had congressional leaders who did not agree with them. they had taken on medicare and social security and around the criticized for it. that is a sentiment we hear. unfortunately, there are very few areas of agreement on these larger issues, like medicare, social security, tax policies. the election could be the only thing that solves that. host: michelle is a democratic caller from dallas, texas. caller: what bothers me is the people making the decisions have forgotten about the people. we are talking about balancing the budget and doing tax cuts, but we are now looking at the taxes of the 1%. anyone knows that you cannot cut expenses without bringing money in. that is why we go to work every day. we can cut expenses, but we have to bring money in. my question to the guest today is, when we are talking about tax cuts, balancing the budget, can you recommend where you would like to cut taxes, and would you be w
as john boehner said, lock arms and jumped out of the boat. the pressure from inside, even at his own leadership table -- john boehner had congressional leaders who did not agree with them. they had taken on medicare and social security and around the criticized for it. that is a sentiment we hear. unfortunately, there are very few areas of agreement on these larger issues, like medicare, social security, tax policies. the election could be the only thing that solves that. host: michelle is a...
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you know, god love john boehner -- and jon is a good guy. i sincerely like him personally. but john, when asked about compromise, said "i reject the word." well guess what? the american people are figuring amount that they reject the word, they reject the notion of compromise. i thought it was pretty stark and remarkable the different mood at the state of the union, not just the quality of the state of the union, but the mood on the floor. i think it is become pretty clear to every republican the folks have figured out that they reject the notion of compromise. i think the american public understands that we have never been able to move this heterogeneous country along without compromise. you can compromise and be true to your principles. they're not inconsistent. leader cantor, when it came to the debt ceiling vote, called it -- and they meant it, because i was doing the negotiation, and steny and jim and others know, trying to deal with the debt ceiling -- he said, and he was honest about it, that this is a leverage moment. a leveraged moment. a leverage moment in which t
you know, god love john boehner -- and jon is a good guy. i sincerely like him personally. but john, when asked about compromise, said "i reject the word." well guess what? the american people are figuring amount that they reject the word, they reject the notion of compromise. i thought it was pretty stark and remarkable the different mood at the state of the union, not just the quality of the state of the union, but the mood on the floor. i think it is become pretty clear to every...
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john boehner wants to do a highway bill. he wants to pay for that with oil. -- expanded oil drilling. that will pass the house, but likely not for the senate. things like that will get done. they will need to do something. they cannot have an entire 2012 and they are all up for reelection. host: massachusetts, good morning. caller: how are ya? host: good, go right ahead. caller: the question i have, understand that everybody's talking about president obama and how good he did and how bad is doing, but truthful in the president is just a spokesman for the united states. you have to have a congress, the senate, and everybody else to actually pass the bills before he can even do anything. the main thing i think most people are overlooking is we pay more for aliens to live in the united states, giving them public aid, housing, food stamps, medical, they are allowed to take american jobs. there's a gentleman that used to work for a company that's not a legal citizen of the united states but he also sued the company because he got
john boehner wants to do a highway bill. he wants to pay for that with oil. -- expanded oil drilling. that will pass the house, but likely not for the senate. things like that will get done. they will need to do something. they cannot have an entire 2012 and they are all up for reelection. host: massachusetts, good morning. caller: how are ya? host: good, go right ahead. caller: the question i have, understand that everybody's talking about president obama and how good he did and how bad is...
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boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. gracious god we give you thanks for giving us another day. you have blessed us with all good gifts and with thankful hearts we express our gratitude. you have created us with opportunities to serve other people iner that need, to share together in respect and affection and to be faithful in the responsibilities we have been given. in this moment of prayer, please grant to the members of this people's house the gifts of wisdom and discernment that in their words and actions they will do justice, love with mercy, and walk humbly with you. may all that is done this day be for your greater honor and glory, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the chair will lead the house in the pledge of allegiance. will you p
boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. gracious god we give you thanks for giving us another day. you have blessed us with all good gifts and with thankful hearts we express our gratitude. you have created us with opportunities to serve other people iner that need, to share together in respect and affection and to be faithful in the responsibilities we have been given. in...
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thank you. >> those remarks from house speaker john boehner. and more about the fiscal cliff negotiations with house majority leader eric kantor. >> what was your reaction? >> you know, i think we have said that offer is not a serious offer. all of a sudden they're asking for $1.6 trillion in tax hikes and nowhere near that number in spending reforms. and what we've always said is we want to fix the problem. we want to make sure that we get a hand on these unfunded obligations connected with the into itment programs. we want to start the spending problem so we can then go about trying to manage down the debt and deaf sifment and we don't want to aggravate a struggling economy. we want to get people back to work, which is why again, we take the position that raising tax rates is absolutely not something that helps get people back to work. >> what was the importance of that, rather than just going ahead with visas that you agree are very, very important? >> well, again, what we believe is this was the first step forward in terms of trying to addr
thank you. >> those remarks from house speaker john boehner. and more about the fiscal cliff negotiations with house majority leader eric kantor. >> what was your reaction? >> you know, i think we have said that offer is not a serious offer. all of a sudden they're asking for $1.6 trillion in tax hikes and nowhere near that number in spending reforms. and what we've always said is we want to fix the problem. we want to make sure that we get a hand on these unfunded obligations...
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boehner resignation in 2006? >> i think not. >> but were they involved? >> i think not. >> mr. blair said he did not know whether you or the other gentleman were against him in the media. did you authorize your aides to brief against mr. blair? >> no. >> do you think they may have done so without your explicit approval or without your knowledge? >> the obviously did so. it was without my authorization. >> with your authority? >> no. i made it clear. i am trying to explain why we changed the system when i went to no. 10 and why i thought it was better to have this come up with the development from the 1970's onwards. there are advisers. and they obviously have their own views about what should happen. i have to find a way of working in the civil service, and my position is political advisers given a job had to work under the auspices, and this is what we tried to, and this is what i told treasury, and this is why when i went to no. 10, i said we could not have a political appointee inside of communications. a traditional, conventional civil servant as the head of communications,
boehner resignation in 2006? >> i think not. >> but were they involved? >> i think not. >> mr. blair said he did not know whether you or the other gentleman were against him in the media. did you authorize your aides to brief against mr. blair? >> no. >> do you think they may have done so without your explicit approval or without your knowledge? >> the obviously did so. it was without my authorization. >> with your authority? >> no. i made...
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the strong bipartisan vote gives impetus to the bill and says to speaker john boehner, this bill has bipartisan support not only in the senate but the house. do not ignore the needs of the new yorkers, new jersey knights and others who have suffered. we have a desperate situation in new york. we have home owners waiting and watching to see if this bill would pass so that they could begin to think about getting help to rebuild their homes. we have small-business owners watching and waiting to see of this bill would pass, to see if they can get help to get their businesses going. we have governments large and small like along the beach and so many others on long island waking to see if they will get some relief so they could move forward with their plans. we beat back most of the crippling amendments. we beat back all of the crippling amendments and most of the amendments. it is a very good day for this and that it. the century-old tradition of different parts of the country rallying to help those that are beleaguered because of the difficult natural disasters. the 12 republicans voted
the strong bipartisan vote gives impetus to the bill and says to speaker john boehner, this bill has bipartisan support not only in the senate but the house. do not ignore the needs of the new yorkers, new jersey knights and others who have suffered. we have a desperate situation in new york. we have home owners waiting and watching to see if this bill would pass so that they could begin to think about getting help to rebuild their homes. we have small-business owners watching and waiting to...
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. >> if you remember, agree with matt's reporting about the grand bargain and why john boehner pulled out of it, it was entirely that. his presentation of boehner is not he's theological so much he just thinks he's going to be betrayed and cheated. >> quickly there are two more. i have so many i need to get them out. there are actually three but i'll skip the last one. one is -- we talked about this on the show last week. there can be no more backroom deals anymore because the technology and the ubiquity of technology and the pan optic of technology and twitter in particular means any news that happens gets out and spreads immediately and there is no room to be private and secret. plus because of the -- there is no trust where people think they can come together and make a cross ideological deal because they don't trust each other and they know this news will spread. >> i lost you at panopticon. that was awesome. i thought it was a medieval character in a role playing games. >> i don't think this one is right because of what you said last week some things are increde iably visible and
. >> if you remember, agree with matt's reporting about the grand bargain and why john boehner pulled out of it, it was entirely that. his presentation of boehner is not he's theological so much he just thinks he's going to be betrayed and cheated. >> quickly there are two more. i have so many i need to get them out. there are actually three but i'll skip the last one. one is -- we talked about this on the show last week. there can be no more backroom deals anymore because the...